Newborn sleep insert for bassinette and crib

ABSTRACT

A bassinette or crib sleep insert has converging sidewalls that are suspended around a top end of the bassinette or crib and terminate at a sleep surface at the bottom of the insert. Breathable cuddling bumpers are placed in the right location and with the right space to cuddle the baby. A wide lateral mesh window allows parents to see the baby through the mesh while lying in bed. Preferably, all material are soft and breathable, providing a safe environment for the baby.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Background

Newborn babies have trouble adapting to this new world and regularly have trouble sleeping in wide areas such as cribs and bassinettes. Current solutions are not always safe for keeping an infant in a desired sleeping position.

Parents of a newborn on the other hand, suffer from sleep deprivation during the first months with a baby, which may result in other health problems.

Conventional bassinette and crib bedding that are available do not provide the cuddling feeling to soothe the baby because they are too wide in the sleeping area. In other products parents will normally need to get up from their bed in order to check to see if their baby is sleeping safely, causing the parent to lose sleep more easily, and even make noise, waking up the baby or partner.

As can be seen, there is a need for an improved crib or bassinette insert where breathable cuddling bumpers are placed in the right location and with the right space to cuddle the baby. The wide lateral window allows parents to see the baby through the mesh while lying in bed. All material is breathable, providing a safe environment for the baby.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1: is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a crib insert.

FIG. 2: is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a crib insert installed within a crib.

FIG. 3: is a top planar view a first embodiment of a crib insert.

FIG. 4: is a top planar view a second embodiment of a bassinette insert.

FIG. 5: is a side perspective view of a bassinette insert in use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention.

Broadly, embodiments of the present invention provides an improved bassinette and crib insert that reduces the sleet supporting area that the baby will sleep on, making them feel safer.

The insert includes padded lateral cushions, named breathable cuddling bumpers, providing an additional cuddling feeling to the newborn. The insert surroundings and pad is made of a breathable material, making it a safe environment for the baby.

The insert has a wide “see-baby” window formed of a mesh that allows parents to see the baby without having to get up in bed, improving parents sleep. The insert has a tapered, inwardly converging side wall that narrows towards the flat sleeping surface. The sleeping surface, called anatomical pad, enables to baby to be placed on either side of the bassinet or crib insert, and has safe lateral support cushions to the baby. The insert is made of breathable material, making it a safe environment to the baby. The breathable cuddling bumpers are placed in the right location and with the right space to cuddle the baby. The wide lateral window allows parents to see the baby through the mesh while lying in bed. All material in breathable, providing a safe environment for the baby.

As seen in reference to the drawings, the insert of the present invention may include: a wide see-through lateral window; a double-sided anatomic pad; a breathable cuddling bumper; a natural hypoallergenic tencel mesh in pad; a cotton pad surface; and breathable 3D mesh in surroundings.

The 100% breathable 3D mesh 6 is installed inside the bassinet or crib, comprising the surrounding of the insert. It is attached to the bassinet or crib with a plurality of plastic buckle hooks at the top. The breathable mesh 6 is stitched to the double-sided anatomic pad 2. The anatomic pad 2 has a plurality of layers to provide a comfortable, breathable and hypoallergenic surface. The top layer 5 in contact with the baby is preferably a 100% cotton fabric. Bellow the top layer 5 is a layer of natural hypoallergenic Tencel mesh 4, which enables air circulation to the pad. Along both sides of the center of the pad, there are the breathable cuddling bumpers 3. The wide see-baby lateral window 1 can be on one or both side of the insert, stitched to the 3D mesh.

The insert is installed inside the bassinet or crib with buckles that will be attached to the top bars of the bassinet or crib. The pad will lay on top of the bassinet or crib mattress, providing a narrower and flat surface for the baby to sleep. When placing the baby in the insert, both breathable cuddling bumpers will touch the arms and sides of the baby, providing a feeling of being cuddled. The wide see-baby lateral window will enable parents to see the baby through the mesh.

Once the plastic buckle, 3D air mesh, cotton, Tencel fabric, and polyester are procured, one can cut to the appropriate sizes and stitch them together to make the insert. The buckle will be at the top side of the mesh. The layers of the pad will be stitched at the bottom of the mesh. It is important to follow the correct measurements in order to achieve the cuddling feeling and still have a safe environment for the baby. The filling of the cuddling bumpers should be a layer of 3D mesh to maintain its breathability.

The wide see-baby window can be bigger, smaller, on both sides or on each of the sides of the insert. The attachment to the bassinet or crib can be done with plastic buckles or any other device that will hold the insert in place. The pad can be of an organic material or with different fabrics. The shape of the pad can be different. The cuddling bumpers could have different height and width. The 3D mesh could be of other breathable material.

It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth herein 

What is claimed is:
 1. According to claim 1, a tapered, straight inwardly converging side wall that narrows towards the flat sleeping surface.
 2. According to claim 1, a see-through window on the mesh
 3. According to claim 1, cuddling bumpers placed in the right location and with the right space to cuddle the baby. 